Monday, December 20, 2010

Are you looking for a last-minute gift for your quilty friends? Check out the Quilter's Cookbooks filled with yummy recipes, quilts and heart-warming stories from quilters around the world. Michele from the Quilting Gallery has professionally put together these fabulous books that can be downloaded instantly.
The theme for the 2009 edition of the Cookbook was "Quick and easy recipes, so we can get back to quilting!". It contains 119 recipes and
76 photos of gorgeous quilts. The theme for the 2010 edition is "Holiday Traditions". It contains 135 recipes and 72 photos of gorgeous quilts.

To help celebrate the release of the 2010 edition, Michele has generously donated two sets of Cookbooks for my blog friends. We will have 4 total winners- 2 will receive the 2009 edition, and 2 others will receive the 2010 edition. To enter leave a comment on this blog post telling me your favorite Christmas song. The contest will close Monday, December 27th @ midnight CST.

There's more!! The Quilting Gallery is also celebrating their 3rd birthday/anniversary, and there are lots and lots of prizes to be won.
But hurry you only have until Tuesday night to enter. Click here for the Party post!

It's actually a Wiggles song that they did with Ross Wilson called "This little baby is born again", I think as a mother it just really touched me and got us back in touch with the real meaning of the season.

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" is one of my favorites. It always makes me think about our Troops so far from home during Christmas. "Silent Night" is a long-time fav from childhood. Merry Christmas to you all.

My favorite Christmas song is a French Canadian song that I sang when I was in Grade 1 and I was able to teach it to my class of Grade Ones this year for our Christmas production-the song Il est ne le Divin Enfant. A beautiful song perfect for children of the age 6 or but also for adults.

I love a lot of different christmas songs...I truly start singing them even before Thanksgiving. I think one of my favorites is I'm Dreaming of A White Christmas. I also love the Movie White Christmas.

I have several favorites, but two of them are - "Christmas Bride" sung by Ray Conniff- Since we just celebrated our 40th Wedding Anniversary on 12/18 - it was released about the same time we got married. Another one is "Christmas Eve in Washington" by Maura Sullivan because we live in the Washington, DC Metro Area. (Here it online at www(dot)christmaseveinwashington(dot)net)

I can join the group of those who love White Christmas! O Holy Nightis also a favorite. I have just recently heard a lovely new song on uTube, Where's The Line To See Jesus? A child's question after seeing the line to see Santa.

Being an Aussie, I grew up singing "6 white boomers" so have always loved it. Probably not well known around the world but I found a link on youtube if anyone wants to have a listen : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gosGBYU5vIE

Oh Holy Night is my favorite by far... but for singing along I prefer the up-tempo songs. Holly Jolly Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock, Rudolph... such fun!Thanks for the great giveaway!lynchmob4022@sbcglobal.net

Jingle Bells, ever since my kids were little and my (ok I'll be big about this our) eldest came home singing and I quote "Jingle Bells Batman Smells Robin Flew Away Kojak Lost his lollipop and didn't know where to stayyyaaaa" and they, cause by this time even the little one knew it. So I can never hear Jingle Bells without those words flying through my brain.

Those cookbooks look amazing and I would truly love to win one - and I don't care which cause I am so new at this quilting thing but I am addicted already.Regards & Happy HolidaysPatti xxx

My favourite carol is "Hark the Herald Angels" and a favourite song is "Six White Boomers" an Australian song about Santa using kangaroos for his 'Australian run' because it's too hot for the reindeer.Happy Christmas and thanks for the great giveaway.

Kind of hard to choose just one, but it will have to be "Come on Ring those Bells" by Evie. Our kids just loved that song, and we'd listen to it often every year. One of the girls wanted to start the Christmas music in October! Each of the kids (now adults) got the Evie DVD from us one year for Christmas.

Mh favorite song has been "O Holy Night" since the very first time I heard it years ago when I was a little girl. As I learned to play the piano, this was the first Christmas song I learned. I could not wait for the holiday season so I could start playing that song and singing too.

I won one of the $50 gift cards that you gave to Michelle at the Quilting Gallery for the birthday party and I would like to say thank you! I have been looking and looking to see what I want to get with it and still haven't decided - you have so many pretty things!!Karenhttp://karensquilting.com/blog/